Head-rest hanger for barbers&#39; chairs.



. WITN ESSES A. BO NGIOVANNI. HEAD REST HANGER FOR BARBERS' CHAIRS.APPLICATION FILED AUG.31, I9I4- RENEWED FEB- 8. 19H.

1,225,567. Patented May 8, 1917.

, a 3 I/lntamoliorgz'ommw, W INVENTOR BY a I W -41 I 7 11 ATTORNEYANTONIO BONGIOVANNI, OF BARNESBORO, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALFTO HARRY GREENWOOD, OF BARNESBORO, PENNSYLVANIA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

HEAD-REST HANGER FOR BARBERS CHAIRS.

Patented May 8, 1917.

Application filed. August 31, 1914, Serial No. 859,336. Renewed February8, 1917. Serial No. 147,508.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANTONIO BONGIO- VANNI, a citizen of, the UnitedStates, residing at Barnesboro,in the county-of Cambria and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Head-Rest Hanger forBarbers Chairs, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to a head rest hanger for barbers chairs.

The object of the present invention is to provide asimple, practical,and inexpensive holder or hanger for supporting the head rest of abarbers chair out of the way of the barber when he is cutting hair andthe head rest is not in use.

A further object of the invention is to provide a head rest hanger ofthis character, adapted to be readily applied to any barbers chairdirectly beind the back'thereof, so as to be in convenient position foruse and enable the head rest of the chair to be removed from the backthereof and placed 7 in the hanger without requiring the barber to movefrom the chair.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in theconstruction and novel combination of parts hereinafter fully described,illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and pointed out in the claimshereto appended, it being understood that various changes in the form,proportion, size and minor details of construction, within the scope ofthe claims, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit orsacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawing Fi re 1 is a side elevation of a han erc constructed inaccordance with this invent1on and shown applied to a barbers chair,

the latter being partly in section and the head rest being supported inthe hanger.

, Fig. 2 is a perspective view-of the hanger, the rubber lining oftheouter jaw of the clamp being broken away to show the studs of theremovable block.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view of the hanger.

F ig.4 is a vertical sectional view of the same.

Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the removable block. 7

L ke m rals of reference d gnate co responding parts in all the figuresof the drawing.

In the accompanying drawing, in which is illustrated the preferredembodiment of the invention, 1 designates an approximately U-shapedclamp equipped with a clamping screw 2 and comprising inner. and outersides 3 and 4 and a bottom connecting portion 5. The clamping screw,which carries a head 6, and which is substantially hori-' zontal, ismounted in a threaded opening 7 of the inner side 3 ofthe clamp. Thehead 6, which cooperates with the outer side or jaw 4- .of the clamp inengaging the rear portion 8 of the seat 9, of a barbers chair 10, isprovided with a socket 11 receiving a ball 12 carried by the adjacentend of the clamping screw 2 and constituting a ball and socket joint andproviding a swivel connection-between the head 6 and the screw. Theother end of the screw is provided with a winged head or thumb piece 13to enable it to be readily grasped and rotated. The clamping head 6 andthe outer side or jaw 41: of the clamp are provided with linings orfacings 14 and 15 of rubber or other suitable material to enable theclamp to beengaged with the frame of the chair 10 without marring orotherwise injuring the finish thereof. The clamp 1 carries an openoblong frame 16 extending outwardly from the clamp,

' preferably at a slight downward inclination,

as shown, and it is adapted to receive the rack or bar 17 of a head rest18 when the latter is removed from the back 19 of the chair 10. Theframe consists of an outer side, ends, and inner or rear side sectionsor arms 20, which are suitably secured at their terminals to the outerside or jaw 4 of the clamp 1 at the side edges thereof, as clearlyillustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawing. The open frame is covered withrubber tubing 21 or other suitable material, to avoid scratching orotherwise marring the finish of the head rest.

secured to or otherwiseformed on the block, and removably fitting inopenings 24 in the upper portion of the outer side or jaw 4: of theclamp 1, whereby the block is detachably interlocked with the clamp. Theblock is preferably ,tapered downward slightly to present an inclinedouter face 25 to the rack or bar 17 of the head rest. The inclined face25 of the block has a covering 26 of rubber or other suitable materialto avoid marring the finish of the head rest. When the head rest issupported by the hanger, it is arranged at the back of the chair and isout of the way when not in use, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 1 of thedrawing. The block is adapted to be readily detached when it is desiredto use the hanger of a chair having a head rest with a relativelylargerack or bar.

As the clamp engages the rear portion of the frame of the seat, it isadapted to be easily and quickly applied to any of the ordinary makes ofbarbers chairs.

What is claimed is 1.. The combination with a chair frame, of a clampconsisting of a stationary and a movable jaw for fastening the clamptothe frame, a frame connected to the stationary jaw, and a blockremovably connected to the stationary jaw, said block and last mentionedframe being adapted to support a head rest when not in use.

2. A head rest hanger for barbers chairs comprising an approximatelyil-shaped clamp provided at its inner side with adjusting means, an openframe extending outwardly from the outerside of the clamp and adapted toreceive the rack or bar of a head rest, and a block or' member locatedwithin the frame and fitted against and detachably interlocked with theouter side of the clamp.

3. A head rest hanger for barbers chairs including a clamp adapted toengage a barbe1"schair and provided with an exterior jaw or portion, anopen frame extending downwardly from the said exterior jaw or portion atan inclination, and a removable block or member arranged within theframe and detachably interlocked. with the exterior jaw or portion ofthe clamp, said block comprising an inclined outer face.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have heretoaffixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ANTONIQ BONGIQVANNI.

Witnesses: 1

Pnrrno Snorsro, WILLIAM F. DILL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, I). G.

